'He was very flirtatious and I was very taken, and he asked me if I wanted to have dinner. I said, "No, I have to work. You know, I don't mix business with pleasure,"' the five-time Emmy winner recalled as the flirty clip was shown.

'I could've been Mrs. Clint Eastwood!'

Several marriages and divorces between them later, Barbara arranged to sit next to Clint at the Manhattan premiere of Jersey Boys last Monday.

'He was very flirtatious and I was very taken, and he asked me if I wanted to have dinner': The recently 'retired' 84-year-old first interviewed the 84-year-old Hollywood hunk on an ABC News special 30 years ago

'What's that expression? He was just not into me?' the powerful presenter said.

'I'm still crying about it. The sad thing is that I wasn't kidding — I really thought maybe, you know...'

'I got the right outfit, the false eyelashes, the whole thing!' Several marriages and divorces later, the five-time Emmy winner arranged to sit next to the four-time Oscar winner at the premiere of Jersey Boys last Monday

'What's that expression? He was just not into me? I'm still crying about it': Sounding dejected, the legendary presenter claimed the quintessential man's man was 'polite' and 'courteous'

Barbara - who then slow danced with Fallon - might have actually dodged a bullet not getting involved with Clint.

The Million Dollar Baby star has had an impressively messy love life - fathering seven children with five different women.

Eastwood - described as a serial womaniser - divorced TV news anchor Dina Ruiz in October and the exes are still embroiled in scandal.